Bundled package



Aung. 27, 1935.- vqJ. MUELLER zmmz BUNDLED PACKAGE Filed Sept. l, 1954 'LVEN-rm 'SZ'I :1: :1H L'- NUELLEE Patented Ang. 27, 1935 man agrar orties BUNDLnn PACKAGE Victor J. Mueller, Peoria, lll., assigner to W. A. Laidlaw Wire Co., Peoria, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application September l, 1934, Serial No. `742,465

f 10mm. (o1. sce-fis) This invention has referenceto the wrapping and securing preferably wire bale ties in bundle form made ready for shipment or storage pure poses, however, materials'other than Wire bale ties may be wrapped and secured in like fashion if desired and no limitation of materials used is herein intended.

In the wrapping and securing of preferably wire bale ties in bundle form, it is recognized that many wrapping variations have been employed, particularly, such bale tie bundles employing Wrappings comprising a single wire wound spirally and continuously around the length ofthe bundle and having the ends of such wire beginning and terminating at the opposite ends of the,V

bundle and secured thereto.

Bale tie bundles of thev wire type, nished in black or galvanized wire, as the case may be, most generally consist of 250 lengths ofbale ties of a well known type, each tie having an eye or loop formed at one end while `the opposite end of the tie is left'straight. Such lengths of bale ties are preferably arranged Ain parallel relation to each other with the eyes or loops at one end and the straight ends at the'opposite end. Itfwill be understood that bale tie bundles o f thistype are furnished in various lengths and gauges of wire and are of considerable weight. It is important therefore, the the bale tie bundles, when prepared for shipment or storage or other bundle handling, be compacted inbundle form` by a most secure wrapping arranging whereby to insure the bale` ties in the bundles from segregating and necessitating reparation causing possible waste, damage and expense.

The principal object of the present invention resides in an improved mode of wrapping and securing bale ties in bundle form consisting essentially of a wire strand initially locked at one end of the bundle and spirally` wound continuously around the length of the bundle to the opposite end thereof, looping said strand about said opposite end and overlapping said initial spiraled length by returning said strand spirally and continuously thereof to form diamond-like sections in the strand wrap about the lenth of said bundle and locking the end of said strand to said rst end of the bundle. This character of wrap for a bale tie bundle has beenfound to be most successful in many ways, i. e., to present a rmer and tighter bundle throughout its. length and mini mizes the possibility of loosened and lost ties in spirally wound wire strand when released for unpacking the bundle, is a safeguard against live stock swallowing it by reason of its extended length.

Other and further objects will more fully appear from the following description.

That the invention may be more fully understood, `reference is had to the accompanying drawing illustrating a preferred the invention, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of a wire bale tie bundle employing my improved mode of Wrapping and securing the same; l

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary View of one end of the bale tie bundle, shown in Fig. l, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the other end of the bale tie bundle, shown in Fig. l.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the figures.

Referring now to the drawing, I accomplish the completed bale tie bundle illustrated in Fig. l, ready for shipment, storage or other handling, by assembling together in parallel relation a plurality of wire bale ties l, each formed at one end with the usual eye or loop, not shown, while the opposite end, not shown, is left straight, the loop ends of the bale ties l being arranged at one end with the straight ends at the other end. The loop `ends of the bundle are preferably iirst compacted together by means of a short length of embodiment of 1 wire 2 passed therearound and the ends twisted v together'as at -3 and then bent flat against the side of the bundle, said wire and twisted ends being shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2.

The straight ends of the bundle of bale ties are next covered with a preferably flexible protective covering il, such as burlap,'and is secured thereto by means of a short length of wire 5 which is given one turn around the sides of the burlapped end of the bundle and the ends twisted together, as at 6, and then bent at against the side of the bundle, as shown in Figs. l and 3.

Referring now particularly to the left hand end or looped bale tie end of the bundle in Fig. 1, and to Fig. 2, an elongated single strand of wire 'l is provided having a hooked end 8 fastened about the looped wire 2, the remaining length of the wire l extending loose and preferably in the direction of the length of the bundle, whereupon, a like flex- `the bundle of bale ties and is secured thereto by means of a short length of wire l0 which is given one turn around the sides of the burlapped end of Y the bundle and the ends thereof given an initial twist at l! to hold the burlap in placement over the looped end of the bundle.

Next, the extended loose length of the wire strand l is bent backwards creating the fold l2 in the burlap covering 9 and is folded sharply over the wire loop it at i3 and then extended substantially centrally around the covered end of the bundle at M and thence forwardly again on the opposite side, as indicated in dotted lines, in a more or less diagonal direction to the skirt end of the protective covering at l5 from which pointthe wire strand 'i is tightly wound spirally and continuously around the length of the bundle towards the opposite or straight end of the bale ties forming the bundle, see Figs. l andlS. Upon the strand 'i approaching the skirt end of the Yprotective covering i at such opposite end, it is bent somewhat sharply as at i6 in a diagonal direction and is laid tightly over the looped wire 5 and then sharply looped around the covering Il Y atv il. The looped portion ll of the wire strand 'l is preferably located next adjacent the tightly looped wire 5 between such looped Wire Si and the straight end of the bundle, best seen in Fig. 3. The location of the looped portion il next adjacent the looped wire 5 is desirable in order to prevent displacement of said looped portion in a direction towards the other end of the bundle and cause looseness in the finished wrap; further, it is desirable to insure the protective covering being tightly and securely applied to the straight end of the bundle.

Following the looping of the wire'strand l at il, it is then extended similarly backwards diagonally across the looped'wire e overlapping itself at i3 and upon reaching the skirt end of the protective covering fi at i3, said wire strand l is again tightly wound spirally and continuously around the return length of the bundle, overlapping itself first on one side and then the other, as at 2), to form diamond-like connected sections in the wrap. Upon reaching the loo-pcd end of the bundle of bale ties, the wire strand l is twisted about the extended twisted ends l l of the looped wire l@ and the combined ends of the wires i@ and l are tightly twisted together to form the finished knot 2i, whereupon any `uneven ends of such wires are cut off and the finished knot is preferably bent at against the covered side of the bundle, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

As will appear obvious, 'a bale tie bundle wrappedand secured in the above described fashion produces a bundled package ready for ship- A ment, storage or other handling capable of the most severe punishment incident thereto without chance of becoming disarranged or loose, yet simple in application and easy to the consumer for unwrapping with a minimum amount of small length wires to salvage.

The novel mode of spirally and continuously winding of a single strand of wire originating at one end and extending spirally the length thereof and back again in like fashion, forming as it does the diamond-like sections in 'the spiral l wrap, makes the bundled package throughout its length most compact and rigid and eliminates the usually prevalent bulging portions in the length of the material wrapped, and thereby presents no surfaces in the wrapped length upon which other articles or materials might catch upon and as a result thereof, distort, loosen and possibly break the packaged material, as will be understood.

What I claim is:

A bundled package including the combination of material arranged in compact relation, a relatively short binding strand looped and fastened about said material adjacent one end thereof, a flexible protective covering secured about said end in overlapping relation by means of a separate relatively short binding strand looped and fastened therearound, a flexible protective covering secured about the other end thereof in similar overlapping relation by means of a relatively short binding strand looped and fastened therearound, a relatively long separate binding strand having an end hooked to saidiirst mentioned short binding strand located beneath said drst v mentioned protective covering and extended out from beneath said covering and bent over said short binding strand of the iiexible covering and thence exteriorly over said end covering and thence wound spirally and continuously around the length of the body of said material in spaced relation to said other covered end thereof, looping said long strand transversely about said covered end and thence reversing the uninterrupted length of travel of said long strand to said first mentioned Vcovered end by spirally and continuously winding said long strand in spaced relation over said initial spirals to form diamondlike sections in said spiral wraps about the material, and fastening the loose end of said long strand to the short binding strand serving as a fastener for said first mentioned flexible covering.

VICTOR J. MUELLER. 

